>> this is a miracle from god that this happened. >> political earthquake, a tea party candidate in virginia beats house majority leaderric cantor in an historic upset. >> we're the only country on earth where this happens. >> another deadly shooting and a lack of gun control cause president obama to lash out at the violence. >> a state of emergency in iraq forces half a million people to

flee a city. >> this is unsafe on the american highways for all of us. >> a renewed focus on how tired truckers are while driving on the nation's roads. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> it is one of the most stunning election upsets in congressional history and could have ramifications for the republican leadership. >> it is huge. stephanie. house majority leader icon tore was defeated by david brat in the virginia primary. the loss is more surprising when you consider cantor outspent his opponent by five to one. >> brat an economics professor took 56% of the vote to cantor's 44%. >> the loss is significant, because cantor was the number two republican in the house and the likely successor to speaker john boehner. >> for more on the political upset, mike viqueira joins us

from washington. >> i it was a bolt from the blu. not only was eric cantor expected to become the next speaker of the house, perhaps as early at next year, but this was a year that the tea party was in retreat, a series of stinging defeats this spring and summer. all that have ended last night when this relative unknown, david brat brought down the house majority leader. >> it's the speech no one saw coming. >> i know there's a lot of long faces here tonight, and it's disappointing, sure, but i believe in this country, i believe there's opportunity around the next corner for all of us. >> a concession by an established washington insider to a little known economics professor. >> this is the happiest moment obviously of my life and i owe it to all of you in this room,

number one, so give yourselves a hand. >> the tea party win came against huge odds, raising just $200,000 to cantor's $5.4 million, enough for an historic victory, the first time ever for a house majority leader to be defeated in a primary. >> serving as a seventh district congressman and having the privilege to be the majority leader has been one of the highest honors of my life. what i set out to do and what the agenda that i have always said we're about is we want to create a virginia and america that works for everybody. >> brad beat cantor with an 11-point victory by sticking to issues like immigration, opposing any reform referred to as amnesty. after cantor's concession speech, immigration activists stormed his election rally,

demanding reform and waving and american flag before the election, some polls had cantor ahead of brat by 30 points. that lead cracked last month at his party's convention. >> when i sit here and listen to mr. brat speak, i hear the inaccuracies. the families here. [ booing ] >> even with the boos, cantor had little reason to worry. some man said the heir apparent to speaker john boehner was too concerned with becoming speaker of the house. >> it just shows politics are local and no matter how powerful or heeled you are in washington, d.c., you've got to pay to what's happening at home and stay in tune with your constituent base. >> boehner issued a statement sagerric cantor and i have been through a lot together.

he's a good friend and great leader and someone i've come to rely upon on a daily basis as we make tough choices when it comes to governing. >> there's still four months left in this congressional session. eric cantor is still technically majority leader for that time. unsure how it's going to shake out among house leadership. they are weakened and will be retreating back into their conservative base, any dealings with president obama now very problematic. >> the broader view leads me to this question. how is this going to affect legislation in the coming months. >> the first thing we can say is any comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for anyone in this country illegally is pretty much dead for this year, if it had any chance at all. it was speaker of the house john boehner and john cantor with an eye toward 2016, it's virtually given, received wisdom now that republicans cannot win national elections for the white house

without doing something about immigration reform because of a hispanic base. the budget, sitting down to work out the grand bargain has cost him any association, any hint toward compromise now in the republican party. >> mike viqueira, reporting from washington, mike, thank you. >> coming up, our aljazeera political contributor will look at reasons why cantor lost this primary race and what it could mean for the republicans at a whole. the tea party was not victorious in south carolina, lindsey graham easily winning, the second term senator beating out lesser known candidates including rebate from the tea party. he grabbed 60% of the vote, bright 16%. the five other candidates were in the single digits. the tea party failed to unseat mitch mcconnell of kentucky and the texas candidate.

chris mack daniel forced a primary run off against chad cochran. >> the white house approved a measure that would veterans to go to doctors, more than 57,000 new v.a. applicants have waited for an appointment. >> there has been another school shooting at an oregon high school. a 14-year-old student was gunned down tuesday by one of his classmates. authorities say the shooter used a rifle to kill the victim in the boys locker room. he was later found dead inside one of the school barmes. this latest shooting comes a week after a student at a seattle pacific university was murdered last thursday. now reacting to latest string of shootings, president obama had strong words for gun proponents. the president seemed pretty

frustrated yesterday. >> the latest school shooting prompted him to speak out. you will understand his frustration. these dots show school shootings that have happened since the newtown connecticut massacre in 2012. yellow is for shooting at colleges and universities and blue at grade schools, which makes up the majority. that means in the past 77 weeks, we've seen 74 shootings across the country. now president obama says the fact that these kinds of shootings are happening once a week, essentially becoming the norm is terrifying. >> a lot of people will say that, you know, well this is a mental health problem, not a gun problem. the united states does not have a monopoly on crazy people. it's not the only country that has psychosis, and yet we kill

each other in these owe he in these mass shootings at rates that are exponentially higher than anyplace else. >> the president initiated 20 executive action to say tighten gun laws. he said he must change public opinion and urges the country to do soul searching on how to truly tackle this issue. thanks,er kago prosecutors say the man accused of opening fire at seattle pacific university wrote about his desire to kill in his journal. he is held without bail, charged with murdering one student and wounding another. journal entries released tuesday indicated that he had been planning an active mass violence for a long time and didn't expect to survive the attack. he tells police that he was treated for mental illness, but stopped taking his prescription medication six months ago, so he

could "feel the hate." >> the taliban in pakistan is claiming responsibility for an attack on the country's busiest airport. this is the second time it has been a target for the taliban. an attack sunday left 30 people dead. no injuries are reported when there was gunfire tuesday. flights have been suspended following this latest attack. pakistan's military is respond, air strikes on taliban targets near the afghan border. >> hundreds of thousands in iraq are getting into cars and trucks and leaving their homes behind, unsure when they'll return. nearly half a million are making that desperate dash for safety today as an armed group takes over the second largest city there. large parts of the city of mosul are under the control of the

islamic state of iraq. the prime minister of iraq has declared a state of emergency. we will be checking in hopefully shortly. in the meantime, stay with aljazeera for continuing coverage of the situation in iraq. how that group that took control of mosul started and what role the u.s. played in the countries instability. >> warring sides in south sudan agreed to violence to form a unit government. the agreement is a result of a rare meeting between the country's president and the former prime minister. several east african states are threaten to go slap both sides with sanctions if they don't follow through with this deal. thousands of people have been killed and more than a million have fled their homes since fighting erupted in december. >> more than 5,000 south korean police officers stormed a church

south of seoul. at least three church followers were detained charged with assist be his escape. there is a $500,000 reward for tips on the owner's whereabouts. poor safety standards are believed to have caused the ferry disaster in which nearly 300 died. >> in china, firefighters continue to rescue and evacuate residents of flooded areas in the southwest. heavy rain this week triggered the flooding throughout the region. rescuers evacuated five stranded villagers from the area. one person was killed, six others injured. local meteorologists say the rain will continue over the next few days. >> flooding is also a concern here, as well. >> let's bring in meteorologist nicole mitchell with a look at wet weather ahead. we've been seeing some of that already. >> i just got back from mississippi, just missed the area of 18 coming back from some military duty. >> we have one area in the

central united states and another that's moving toward the east coast and along the coastline through the gulf, so watch out for this. you don't want to drive in it. it only takes a foot or two of rain which comes up quickly to move the car away. >> we have not only a system developing in the midsection of the country, but all that wet weather is a mentioned, really the eastern third of the country is pretty unsettled right now. some of the heaviest stuff this morning is with that front that is moving along the gulf coast where we have thunderstorms we've been dealing with in places like now starting to furnish into the florida panhandle dealing with that. some of the heaviest stuff off the coastline, so a lot of the boating that goes on out here and fishing, it's going to be a are you ever day to try to get any of that done. through the rest of the region, up and down the coastline, looking for significant amounts of rain especially right under one of those thunderstorms and downpours all the way up the coastline. this isn't moving quickly, so

it's going to be a couple of days of this kind of unsettled weather. here's how this looks over the next 24 hours, the front slowly moving, chance in the northeast today and more of that into tomorrow morning, and friday. we don't get out of it very quickly. that's not our only spot. could around the mid atlantic see strong storms? the next system in the midwest could be fire lines for those thunderstorms as well, so a couple of places we have to monitor. >> cloudy days ahead. >> a california law protecting tenured public school teachers has been struck down. a judge in los angeles declared the law unconstitutional saying it denies students access to an equal education. the decision ends the pros of hiring and firing teachers based solely on when they were hired. u.s. education secretary arnie duncan called the ruling a nationwide mandate for other states to change laws protecting teachers. >> we mentioned half a million

people fleeing an iraqi city after it was taken over by al-qaeda. this group that wife been talking about, is. >> l captured the government headquarters, two prisons, 2t.v. stations, a bank and an airport, this all happened in a matter of days, does the foreign minister have a plan to stop this, to tackle this group? >> well, what he's done is called for an emergency meeting of parliament and wants the parliament as to vote in a state of emergency to give him sweeping powers for the biggest threat facing the nation. many politicians have said you control the army, the minister of interior, you have enough

powers to be able to deal with this. you've had these powers for four years yet this is the situation that we face now. he's under a tremendous amount of pressure. it's unlikely that he will find it easy trying to get this state of emergency passed by parliament. it's going to be a tough fight. >> let's talk more about the significant of pose as you will. >> we're going to continue providing assistance to the government of iraq. ultimately, there's a responsibility on the part of the iraqi leaders to step up to the plate. >> what this group has been able to accomplish, how does this threaten american interests in the region? >> the reason is basically being

looked at from three points of view. iraq, this current government is very, very close to iran and iran is helping out on the syrian conflict. that's really what angered isil, seeing the current government is part of the action against sunnis. also, the prime minister has been criticized heavily by sunni groups who are pro government, it has to be said, for not reaching out and doing enough. he is looking to saudi arabia, iran, to everybody to come in and help. he's blamed iran and qatar for supporting these armed groups and says they need to stop doing that. he wants the u.s. to give more help than at her at the moment. >> for the first time in american history, the house majority leader has lost a primary election.

erik con tore defeated by a tea party candidate. what this means for the rest of the mainstream republican party. >> i'm proud of him, that he followed his childhood dreams. sorry. >> a mother mourns the loss of her son. an investigation is launched into how he and four others were killed by friendly fire. >> fatigue is a big concern of ours for the very basic reason that transportation is 24/7 human are not. >> today's big number, $21 billion. the loss it means for the airline industry.

>> it's a tough morning for airbus, one of the biggest customers they have is canceling a multi-billion dollars order for new passenger planes. >> that is the subject of our big number. that's how much the jets are

worth that emrat airlines was going to buy. the dubai airlines was going to purchase. >> they will compete with the dream liner. they did not say why the planes are no longer wanted. >> it has never happened before in the history of american politics. a sitting house majority leader resoundingly defeated by a rem actively unknown candidate. eric cantor, the second highest ranking republican in the house lost to david brat, a local economics professor turned tea party backed candidate. it has been called a political earthquake for the gop. >> thank you. obviously we came up short, and there's so many people in here i want to thank. >> i can't communicate to you what it means to say every person that works across every county, the miracle that just happened, this is a miracle from

god that just happened. >> eric cantor was considered at one point a shoo in and heir apparent as speaker of the house and now is out of a job. he is prohibited from running as an independent in the election, though he can be a write-in candidate. a political science professor and our aljazeera political contributor joins us live from washington, d.c., jason, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> 11 percentage points, it wasn't even close. cantor had way more funding than brat, who had two staffers and a flip phone. how did this happen? >> because eric cantor continued to annoy and bully his local district. it would be easy to say this had to do with immigration reform and the debt ceiling. if you look at local virginia republican blogs, a lot of people were angry about the fact that he had been trying to stack

the deck in the local party, tried to make the party chair one of his koreanys, the people in the district got tired of it and bounced him out. all politics is usually local. >> some people say the writing was on the wall. last week cantor spoke at the virginia gop convention. it didn't go well. [ crowd booing ] >> my family's here. >> so, as you can see there, and that went on for about 40 seconds, cantor was booed by registered republicans. did he miss some red flags? >> yeah, he obviously did. look, this is a time where you to have realize that now eric cantor is too liberal for virginia, because he had the audacity to think the republican party might want to do something about immigration reform. he had the audacity to work on the debt ceiling but continued to ignore the local party

movements. that's how you have an insurgent gain be successful. if you've got crowds booing at you for 40 seconds, you need to spend more time in your district. >> you say this is about local politics. some say this fits into the whole narrative about mainstream republicans versus tea party backed challengers. was this voters being anti gop leadership. >> it's partially, but if you look at the interviews with brat so far, he hasn't claimed that he's a big tea party guy. usually, you're going to get a lot more money if you are. a lot of this has to do with local issues. eric cantor spent more money on steakhouse fundraisers in d.c. than polling. if he had spent more time in the district, he probably would ever realized that this unknown guy was getting more attention and traction. i think some of those are the issues that came into play here.

>> what does this mean for the remainder of cantor's term, will he still be leader and what does this mean for speaking john boehner who i understand was planning at some point to retire from the speakership? who knows in his place now. >> this is going to be a really complicated time for speaker boehner. erik cantor read people the wrong way. this guy was frank underwood. he had been measuring the curtains in boehner's office for the last two years. boner doesn't know if he wants to go. that's going to make a huge fight in the republican party as to who the new speaker is going to be. eric cantor may resign rather than running the risk of being a lame duck. there's going to be a mad scramble within congress, let alone what this fear might do to republicans. >> for a viewers, that was a "house of cards" reference for

you. jason, thanks so much, great to see you. >> in the next hour, the campaign miss steps that may be the reason cantor lost the primary. and that's why we love jason. >> the first commercial drone approved for use in the u.s. b.p. will use it to keep an eye on pipe lines in alaska. the 3-d cameras will map roads and infrastructure and monitor wildlife and ice floes in the water. it had only been used for police work and academic research. >> the u.s. debut of the launch of an invitation only on line marketplace showcasing items from businesses. until now, alibaba had no he commerce presence in the u.s.

>> let's get a look at temperatures across the nation today. >> meteorologist nicole mitchell has the answers for us. good morning. >> good morning. i mentioned i just got back from military duty. we had the stickies through the region with high humidity, high heat, part of the set up for the severe weather, also making things uncomfortable. this morning, temperatures in the 60 and 70's, 80's and 90's through this region and high humidity, so you're going to be sweating once again. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> americans killed by the air support they had called in for help. >> the investigation into the country's deadliest friendly fire incident in afghanistan. the last words one of those soldiers said to his mother before he was killed. >> a city in iraq taken over by a group inspired by al-qaeda. what responsibility the u.s. has in the instability across iraq. >> the f.d.a. stepping back from new cheese regulations.

it's causing a spank, making headlines around the world.

>> garofoli, welcome to al jazeera america. >> ahead in this half hour, tens of thousands fleeing and iraqi city taken over by al-qaeda. what role the u.s. may have played in the on going problems in iraq. >> questions about the oversight of truck drivers after a driver who hasn't slept in over 24 hours is involved in a deadly crash. >> the app created to help veterans readjust to civilian life. >> first a look at top stories this morning. there's been another fatal shooting in oregon. a 14-year-old student was gunned down by a fellow classmate. they say the victim was shot and killed in the locker room, the shooter found dead inside one of the school barmes. >> the tall in pakistan is taking responsibility for the

second together inca rashy's airport. >> sanctions threatened on both sides if they don't stick with this deal. thousands of people have been killed and more than a million fled homes since fighting erupted in south sudan in december. >> we're learning more about the five nato soldiers killed in afghanistan, all americans killed by friendly fire. john henry smith is here now with more on exactly what in the world happened there. >> what happened there in afghanistan monday night was the worst friendly fire incident of america's 13 year long war there, and it comes as the u.s.a. is winding down its involvement in the region. the end of active u.s. operations in afghanistan,

though, didn't come soon enough to save five families from heartbreaking loss. >> he told me he was going on a mission, it was going to be ok, mom, i'm with the best men there are. i love you. and that was it. >> in illinois, pam is mourning the loss of her 19-year-old son, aaron, in afghanistan monday. tuesday, the pentagon confirmed he was one of five u.s. troops accidentally killed by one or more bombs dropped from an american b1 bomber. >> we do have reason to suspect that friendly fire was the cause here, specifically friendly fire from the air. >> the incident happened in the remote province in an area that borders pakistan's tribal areas. the american special operations forces were doing a security sweep ahead of the presidential elections when they were ambushed by taliban forces. drawing heavy fire, they called

on u.s. war planes to come and provide air support in that in the chaos, a b1 bomber dropped one or more bombs on the wrong place, right where their comrades were hunkered down. >> it's surprising that he would have a friendly fire incident like this from air to ground when you have all that technology backing things up. >> many of the precautions, like the g.p.s. and digital beak consist u.s. soldiers carry to the more precise guided weapons the planes carry had been put in place in the 10 years since the last american friendly fire death in afghanistan. nfl star pat tillman was the casualty. there is an investigation to determine if human or technical problems caused the tragedy. >> i am glad he followed his dream. >> 14 u.s. soldiers have now

died in afghanistan this year. that's down from a high of 439 in 2010. >> the pentagon says the type of security sweep these soldiers were performing will no longer be handled by americans after the end of the year when america withdraws most of its remaining troops from the region. >> hard to see a family's pain like that. >> egypt's new president is pushing to bring ant to sexual assault, ordering a police crackdown after a spike in sexual violence, including a string of attacks during his inauguration. he's also put forth a new law for the first time that makes sexual harassment a crime in egypt. it comes on the heels of a global summit in london hoping to raise awareness of the impact of sexual violence in war. barnaby, what has happened so far, what has been accomplished so far in this summit?

>> the plenary session has just opened and just led by with my hague, the british foreign minister and then the hollywood star angelina jolie. obviously she has the star power, getting the attraction, and in theory, getting the attention, i'm sorry and in theory, with my hague can make things happen politically, but the real challenge for this come mitt like so many which are similar is whether at the end of the conference on friday, a fine document that no doubt will be signed has any practical application in some of the world's most dangerous places and whether it affects wars in the future and we won't know that for sometime. >> barnaby, the event's hosts hope for more legal prosecution of sexual assaults around the globe. with 140 countries there, are they optimistic they can at least achieve that?

>> yes. they hope that there will be some sort of agreement on standizing legal procedures across the world, making it quite explicit that sexual violence in conflict is a crime. there are many governments here, whose armies are implicated in sexual violence. to that extent an agreement should mean something. of course if you are being cynical, you might say that there are many other rebel movements, for example from parts of the middle east, parts of africa in particular, which are not represented here and they are amongst the worst perpetrators of this crime at this point in time. >> it's a multi-facetted problem that does seem to be raising awareness. barnaby phillips reporting live from london, thank you. >> a woman who is a panelist at the summit and has seen sexual violence firsthand talks about what leads to these crimes. >> the former u.n. ambassador to

syria said armed shipments should be ramped up to the opposition in syria. in an op ed, saying the free syrian army needs more. this is a quote: ford says that the u.s. doesn't help, the u.n. road step in. >> an armed group is now in control of the second largest city in iraq, mosul. it has taken over key government offices, banks, the airport and police headquarters in a matter of days. u.s. trained iraqi troops have

dropped their weapons and abandoned posts in the city. the prime minister has declared a state of emergency. aljazeera takes a closer look at the sudden rise to power have isil. >> thousands of arab and foreign fighters make up its strengths, led by the mysterious figure captured by the u.s. forces in 2005, but later reds. the group has its origins in al-qaeda. the group became known as the islamic state in iraq. the group got a new leader in 2010. >> this is one of the most

extremist militant organizations in the jihadist family. >> the group moved into syria, but when he tried to bring another group under his control, al-qaeda defied him. that didn't stop his control. in january, isil fighters sent a large force iraq's anbar province. the iraqi government launched a military campaign against the group but failed to move out isil fighters. over the last week, isil launched attacks. now the group control territory in three iraqi provinces bordering syria and that secures the free movement of weapons and

fighters between the two countries. isil sources are funding and power remains unclear. >> most probably it funds its own activities by relying on criminality, by relying on local donations, a great deal of private citizens in the gulf, basically in saudi, kuwait, qatar and other places send funds. obviously, it has its own sources inside iraq and syria. >> other critics claim the group is implementing the agenda of the syrian iraq and iranian regimes, goals and backers remaining unknown. their attacks have now caught everyone's attention. >> a seen nor national security fellow with the new american

foundation joins us. thank you for being with us. this group has been able to hold on to parts of fallujah and taken control of the second largest city. is it shocking how quick this group has been able to defeat iraqi security forces. >> they certainly had a good week. your excellent set up piece really laid out how isil has come about to be the most preeminent jihadist group in the region now. >> does the u.s. bear some responsibility for the instability? i mean, could the argument be made that had a contingent of u.s. forces stayed to better train iraqi troops, they wouldn't have cut and run as we saw in mosul yesterday? >> there is certainly a large group making that argument, senator mccain saying that for years. i don't think anyone could have

foreseen that we'd have this first tear jihadist group that is attacking the iraqi security forces on a regular basis. isil or isis is a force fighting against hezbollah for many years, they're well trained, well armed, highly motivated, lots of foreign fighters from chechens with that experience. they are a real force that would very difficult for any middle east military to control. >> the u.s. state department weighed in, saying: is the prime minister going to be able to find a political solution or are the political forces bigger than he can handle? >> the political forces in iraq are certainly big, and while its

popular to blame mr. malkey, it's not clear there is anyone that can do any better given the situation in iraq. >> the u.s. has said it will provide additional aid. what form do you believe that should take especially given reports that some of the weapons the u.s. gave to iraqi security forces are now in the hands of isil fighters. >> i don't think there's any doubt that has now happened. the best case is that the isil forces will be pushed out of mosul, but they will take a lot of weapons, a lot of money, over 7,000 prisoners that they released. even in the best case for the iraqi government, isil has still had a very, very good week. this is bad news for iraq. as far as the aid, i think we will continue to see weapons coming in. we're not talking about the types of things they captured, you know, trucks and weapons, we're talking about hell fire missiles, primarily. we'll see more intelligence

cooperation. i think it's been publicly announced now there's going to be training for the iraqi special forces that are bearing the brunt of this attack, these attacks, but they'll be trained outside of the country. i think this is the type of aid that we're talking about. the big question is whether western air power is now going to get involved. isil is the one terrorist group, al-qaeda affiliated terrorist group that doesn't have to worry about u.s. drones overhead or hell fire strikes from u.s. drones or f-16s. they have a safe haven here in iraq and syria in a way they don't in yemen, afghanistan, pakistan. >> a detained aljazeera correspondent is set to resume his trial in egypt today. he has been held without charge since august of last year and is on hunger strike for mourn four months now. his lawyer requested his

immediate release on medical grounds. three other journalists have been held for more than five months. they face charges of aiding a terrorist organization and stand trial against next week. aljazeera rejects all the charges and demands their immediate release. >> forbes is reporting the food and drug administration is now backing down from a policy statement that caused a stink among the cheese community, as well as just ordinary cheese producers, because a lot of cheese makers you see use wooden planks to age their cheese. >> it's fancy. >> that's what most american cheese makers do. the f.d.a. had come out with an executive statement saying that was not kosher, that could cause bacteria and listeria. now they're backing down, because hundreds of cheese makers could have been affected. i say don't touch my pardon me son, leave it alone. >> i am with you on that.

let's talk about more regulations. a bit of confusion. when a woman is pregnant, she wants to eat the right thing. often she doesn't know a what that is, because the advice changes all the time. the latest from the f.d.a. is that if a woman is pregnant or going to become pregnant, they recommend between eight and 12-ounces of low mercury fish per week. this is the first update since 2004. now certain things that are still off limits, swordfish, shark, king mackerel, things like that. but salmon, shrimp, canned tuna, things like that. >> tuna's ok, opponents say it is not ok. >> in london today, cabbies are fed up, yielding to the taxi hailing app uber. drivers plan to bring traffic to a halt, staging a slow drive through the city, because uber

is affecting their business. it's a conversation in a lot of major cities. >> it's extremely popular. we'll see what happens with this. >> a deadly crash in new jersey is raising new concerns about truck drivers. if they're pushing themselves past their physical limits, stephanie. >> they're pushing, they push it with equipment, they push it with having to get things. >> what's being done to improve road safety and if regulations can ever be enough to fix that problem. >> our discovery of the day spawned a host of other species. >> looking live now at empire state building. there it is. it is wednesday, june 11. r

>> it's time now for our discovery of the day.

arctic animals may have started off in the him lay i canes millions of years ago before spreading to the north and south pole. gorgeous there. scientists belief the plateau was training ground where animals evolved to survive temperatures. >> very similar to the arctic fox. the animals may have started there and later migrated north. >> up next, the danger of tired truckers riding on the same roads you do. >> first a check at the wet weather across the u.s. today. meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. >> i'm supposed to follow up a cute little fox? just not fair. in the midsection of the country, moving toward the east coast, but slowly, it's really going to be soggy over the next couple days with a moisture, some of the heaviest stuff along the coastline and band near the great lakes.

we have chances for severe weather, as well. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. back to you guys. >> a truck driver's lack of sleep is being blamed on a crash that injured comedian tracy morgan president the truck driver hadn't slept for more than 20 hours at the time of that crash. it's a problem all too common on roadways. >> driver fatigue is a leading cause of many big rig crashes. >> they can work up to 80 hours a week. this is unsafe on the american highways for all of us, and most of the people harmed in these crashes are in cars. >> the most recent federal survey reports more than 100,000 people injured and nearly 4,000 killed in wrecks with big rigs. at the wheel in 13% of those crashes were tired truck drivers. >> fatigue is a big concern of ours, because for the very basic reason that commercial transportation is mostly 24/7

and humans are not. >> federal regulations reduced the maximum work week for truckers by 12 hours, from 82 hours per week to 70. some truckers say limits are needed. >> in terms of the safety of the vehicle, pretty much they're on top of that, but what happens is is the little companies and big companies both push it. they push it with equipment, they push it with having to get there. my little device here says i can only drive 11 hours today, but my customer wants me there, so what am i going to do? >> otherwise say that just keeps him on the road longer. >> back years ago, when you you got tired, you could pull off the side of the road and sleep a couple hours and then go back to driving. they changed that now. you can run into some of your friends that you met out on the road at truck stops and you can take an hour or two. now you can't, because they've

got it set up that from the time you start, you're only allowed about 14 hours, i think. >> one worry for the industry is that the 70 hour rule puts truckers on the road during rush hours, which slows deliveries and adds half a billion dollars a year to delivery costs. the drivers say someone needs to put the brakes on hours truckers work to keep from from moonlighting on other jobs and putting them back on the road exhausted. >> so my opinion is i haven't heard the end of it, but i think probably, he was moonlighting, because truck drivers don't make as much money as they think we do. >> we have seen an 18% increase in large truck fatalities. that means in a year, 317,000

crashes, about 75 deaths per week, is there one major cause for this increase as you see it? >> we live in a 24/7 society. that's a lot of pressure on drivers to deliver the goods. it's imperative to our economy, the economy's coming back and we're pushing every piece of the transportation industry is being pushed today. >> the senate appropriations committee submitted a proposal with a few changes. some of the changes would be suspending the restart rule, which allows for revert requirements from drivers, also the 70 hour work week would expand to 82 hours and an extended break would be after reaching the weekly time limits. do any of those things touch on what the problems are to make the roads safer? >> anything that reduces the driving time for the drivers can make it safer, but essentially,

all these approaches are bandaids on top of a problem. what we really need is a scientific way to measure a person's fatigue. for a ewe years ago, i thought we were on track to finding that method, using your eyes, the one i had seen, using your eyes to determine how fatigued you were, after they base line you so they have a measuring point to measure against, and we do need a scientific approach to measure the fatigue in drivers, pilots, trained drivers. i mean, just look at the accidents that we've had here in the united states, a communal rail train in new york. we have lots of pilots, especially general aviation pilots that are in crashes that we suspect fatigue. when we do an accident investigation, you go back and look the previous 72 hours in a person's life and you can see oftentimes where they are fatigued, because you can see it in their activities, but we need

a way to be able to measure you realtime right now before you get in a rig, before you get in a train, to drive a train, before you get in an airplane to fly and to see our condition. >> so, if we know that someone is too fatigued to perform a job, are you saying at that point, there would be a way to stop you from actually beginning your job or does it still come down to someone's personal responsibility? >> well, this is a combination of both. you know, this issue is broad, some people blame the companies for pushing their drivers, some people blame the drivers, because they want to make a decent wage, and they may be doing more than they should be doing. there's dirty hands, if you will, across the board here. that's why a scientific approach way to measure it, and it's going to take some research money to figure that out, a way to measure in realtime if you're suffering fatigue or not. >> thank you for your insight.

have a good morning, thank you. >> the miami heat were blindsided by a red hot san antonio spurs team in game three of the nba finals. the visiting spurs shot 76% in the first half last night en route to a victory. lebron james was outscored. the spurs have a two game to one lead in the series. game four is thursday in miami. >> ahead in our next hour, act stress angelina jolie joining the biggest international summit on international violence and the steps that need to be taken to keep millions of women around the world safe. >> helping men and woman who served the country to move beyond the country, making the transition into civilian life easier.

>> i know there's a lot of long faces here tonight, and it's disappointing. >> an historic upset after a tea party candidate beats house majority leaderric cantor, unseating him from congress. >> president obama speaking out on what he calls his biggest frustration, a lack of gun control following another deadly school shooting. >> this whole subject has been taboo for far too long. war zone rape is a crime that

thrives on silence. >> one of hollywood said brightest stars looking to shine a light on a dark crime taking place around the world and put a stop in sexual violence around the world. >> the kickoff over the final play brazil's president is making to its people looking to score big in the world cup. >> a stunning election upset in tuesday's virginia primary could have ramifications for the republican leadership. >> house major city leader was defeated by tea party challenger david brat. the loss is more surprising when you consider cantor outspent his opponent by at least 5-1. >> brat, an economics professor as randolph megan college took home 56% of the vote to cantors 44%. the loss is significant, because cantor was the number two republican in the house and the likely successor to speaker john

boehner. for more on the political upset, we join mic vick in washington. >> you can't find one single person who saw this one coming. this in fact was a stunner. erik cantor was in these very halls, showed know outward concern whatsoever. normally, the candidate will be in the district for the photo op of voting. this is the first time a sitting majority leader lost the battle nomination from their own party. late last night after the writing was on the wall, both men came out and faced supporters. let's listen. >> thank you. obviously we came up short. there's so many people in here i want to thank. >> i can't communicate to you

what it means. this is a miracle from god, this is a miracle that just happened. >> today is going to be a day of taking stock not only here in the house of representatives among the leadership within the republican party, as well. >> looking at that sound byte there, he didn't even have a podium he was so unprepared to give a victory speech. how will this affect legislation in the coming months? >> it's going to pull the house republican conference even further to the right. there's been a lot of disagreement with president obama, his initiatives have gone nowhere. take the issue of immigration, eric cantor while being staunchry conservative by any standard made overtures toward immigration reform especially for younger people called the dreamers, he and john boehner. this seen as a backlash against that.

eric cantor has sat down at the table to discuss the budget and negotiate the budget. any compromise with the white house over the course of this year and probably for the rest of the president's term is going to be very much put in jeopardy. >> going back to the race, the voter turnout i understand was extraordinarily low. does that say anything about the tea party activists and willingness to turn out in these primaries? >> it depends how you look at it. remember, this is a primary and by some standards the turnout was relatively strong, this primary was a contested primary more than the 12 years ago. the important thing to note is this was seen as a sort of the region of the establishment, the republicans here in congress who lead the national parties against tea party insurgents they view as costing them general elections, because the people put forward, christine o'donnell in delaware and richard mourdoch in indiana

proved to be unreliable in the election. this shows the tea party is very much alive and kicking. >> thank you. >> let's take a closer look at exactly who erik con tore is. he is 51 years old, born in richmond, virginia, representing the state's seventh district since 2001, including most of the northern and western sections of richmond, most of the city's western suburbs. he's been serving as the house majority leader since 2011 after previously serving as the republican whip in that chamber. >> he and his supporters were knocked again shortly after his defeat. >> those there in the video immigration activists. they had pushed into the ballroom at the richmond hotel where cantor gave his concession

speech. the activists clashed with cantor supporters and demanded reform. many believe immigration reform is even less likely now that cantor is no longer the house majority leader. >> coming up in about 15 minutes, we'll dissect eric cantors historic loss further and what cost cantor this primary race. >> the tea party did not succeed against lindsey graham, he easily won in south carolina, beating out six leger known challengers including the tea party candidate lee bright. he grabbed 57% of the vote well ahead of bright with 15%. the five others were in single digits. the tea party previously failed to unseat mitch mcconnell and john warner. >> in a unanimous vote, the

house approved a bill allowing v.a. patients on long waiting lists to see local doctors for treatment. the v.a. would pay for those doctors visits. this week an audit revealed 57,000 new v.a. applicants have waited three months for an initial appointment. the senate will soon begin debate on a similar package. >> coming up later this hour, the smart phone application being offered to help members of the military make a smoother transition out of the service. >> defense secretary chuck hagel will appear before a house armed services committee to defend the release of taliban prisoners for bowe bergdahl. the swap which was approved by hagel has met with harsh criticism from some members of congress who were not consulted before the exchange was made. >> another deadly school shooting, this one at an or ron high school. a 14-year-old student was gunned down tuesday by a classmate.

the shooter used a rifle to kill the victim in the boy's locker room, the gunman later found dead in a school bathroom. >> this latest shooting comes less than a week after seattle pacific university student was shot and killed on campus. these shootings have president obama speaking out and he sounds frustrated. >> he certainly is. his biggest frustration, he says, that our society is not willing to take basic steps to control guns. this as two schools mourn the shooting deaths of two students within one week of each other, including a freshman soccer player in oregon shot and killed two days before school let out for summer. >> an emotional reunion for parents whose children were spared in the latest school shooting. >> you just got to touch him and know that he's ok. >> just before the first school bell, shots range out in the game at reynolds high near portland, oregon. the school went on lockdown as

hundreds of officers rushed in, looking for a shooter armed with an assault rifle. one student was killed, the shooter was found dead. this latest shooting is a source of frustration for president obama. >> our levels of gun violence are off the charts. >> since the newtown connecticut massacre in december of 2012, there have been dozens of school shootings nationwide. yellow represents colleges and universities, blue is for shootings and grade schools, which makes up the majority. we've seen 74 school shootings across the country in 70 weeks. these shootings are happening once a week, essentially becoming the norm is terrifying. >> people will say this is a mental health problem, not a gun problem. the united states does not have a monopoly on crazy people. it's not the only country that

has psychosis, and yet, we kill each other in these owe he in these mass shootings at rates that are exponentially higher than anyplace else. >> the president added that washington has not passed meaningful reforms to gun control is shameful. meanwhile on capitol hill, there was a moment of silence for the oregon shooting, while keeping quiet on gun legislation with no new reforms proposed sings the sandy hook shooting. >> there's no advanced country on earth that would put up with this. >> australia used to have mass shootings, then imposed very severe gun laws and have not had a mass shooting since. the president said public opinion has to change. he urges the country to do so you wilsoulsearching in order te

problem. >> a moon accused of murdering one student and wounding another at seattle pacific university september a journal in which he wrote about his desire to kill. he is held without bail. journal entries released tuesday indicate that he had been planning an act of mass violence for a long time and didn't expect to survive the attack. he tells police he was being treated for edge illness but stopped taking his prescription six months ago so he could "feel the hate." >> half a million people in iraq are fleeing that country today, half a mill. an armed group known as the islamic state of iraq is now in control of the second largest city there. that is mosul. in just a matter of days, it has taken over key government offices, banks, airport and police headquarters. u.s. trained iraqi troops abandoned their posts in that city. the prime minister has asked for a state of emergency.

aljazeera is in baghdad. we're seeing just a moment ago live images. rather that was tape of what's happening there. here we go. here are the live images of the prime minister addressing the nation in his weekly address. what is he asking for in the way of assistance to deal with what is happening? >> firstly, he's giving a very strong message to the iraqi people, saying we have been under attack by isil before, we will defeat these forces. he also blames regional action. es the people of mosul are good people and they will be back in their cities as soon as possible. he's also asking for international help, but he says that this is a battle that all iraqis face and all iraqis must get behind the army and the security forces in their battle

against this group. he said similar things before, but this particular incident, this takeover happened so swiftly that it calls the iraqi government on the back foot. they weren't able to really figure out the strategy to defeat them. they pushed them, pressured them in smaller cities, but this is iraq's second largest city, the city of 2 million people. isil were able to take over with 1300 fighters. he's referenced all of that, that's now the message he's giving to the iraqi people. >> these fighters have come to iraq from syria to create an islamic state which would include both countries. al malaki has blamed other countries for destabilizing his. what else has he said about that? >> he hasn't expressly referenced any of the particular

countries that in this he blames for supporting the group like the islamic state of iraq. he said it very clearly before, he blames saudi arabia, qatar, saying these are the nations that are supporting violence in his country. he says that this must stop. isil have blamed him for taking money from iran, who in turn support syria. they've blamed him for supporting the syrian regime. it's a game of real name calling and who has the most influence in what country. >> warring sides in south sudan agreed to end the violence and form a unity government in 60 days. the agreement is the result of a rare meeting between the country's president and the former prime minister. several east african states threaten to slap both sides with sanctions if they don't follow through with the deal. thousands have been killed and more than a million fled their homes since fighting erupted in

december. >> in china, firefighters continue to rescue and evacuate residents of flood ridden areas in the southwest. heavy rain this week triggered the flooding throughout the region. rescuers managed to evacuate five stranded villagers from the area. one person was killed, six injured. local meteorologists say the rain will continue to hit the region over the next few days. >> hopefully it won't be that bad, but here in the u.s., stormy weather will push further into the eastern part of the country today. let's bring in nicole mitchell. >> it's good in some areas, because parts of florida, for example, we've been seeing wildfires pop up, so the rain is actually going to be very beneficial as it moves through some portions of the southeast, and hopefully images like this will go by the wayside as we get rain. today interns of actual precipitation, not only through the south, but also up the mid atlantic, as well. here's that forecast. it's lighter rain for florida, but as i said, since we have had

some of those wildfires the last few days, this will be very beneficial. up the east coast, we've got a pretty widespread system not moving too quickly. it's a couple days you could see hit and miss and want to go keep that rain joint account handy. more strong storms have pushed into the panhandle. a lot of this is in the coastline, so boating concerns definitely for today, a lot of industries here in the water, but it's the eastern third of the country pretty unsettled with an area of low pressure moving through. it lingers with us for a couple days really through friday for some porks of the region. there's a broad picture, not just what we have in the south, but on the northern engineer the great lakes, we've been dealing with a lot of rain this morning, places like measure getting under that. it will be spottier as it heads toward the coastline. anywhere from the south to the mid atlantic, it was a little more into the northeast, northeast has cooled some, but with the flow ahead of that, it's keeping it sultry and sticky. this goes just the next 24

hours, but you can see spot. >> i showers and storms. we have an area of behind that brewing, so a couple of places that we could see the stronger storms later into the afternoon especially. >> eric cantor, out as the congressman for virginia's seventh district after more than a decade, following a primary defeat by a tea party candidate. what his loss means as they head into the mid term elections. >> a new twist in the on going battle over the sale of the l.a. clippers. his wife is fight to go get the team out of his hands. >> one aviation fanatic combining flying and chocolate. i like it already. the other videos captured by our citizen journalists around the world.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. let's get a look at videos captured by citizen journalists around the world, students and teachers in several cities in

chile protesting education reforms there. that is in santiago. the citizens claim promises for free education system have fallen short. >> in france, a severe storm system lights up the night sky. the storm's wrath is captured. this storm caused serious damage across france. >> one man in austria taking chocolate to new heights, combines his love of building and flying with his girlfriend's love of chocolate with a draft made of chocolate. he said the prototype had no issues. i say play that over here. >> right over here. >> it has never happened before in the history of american politician, a sitting house

majority leader unseated by a relatively unknown candidate. the second highest republican in the house lost to david brat, a local economics professor turned tea party-backed candidate. the defeat is making headlines all across the country. >> one of cantor's hometown papers referred to the loss as stunning. the washington post called the defeat a shocker and the new york times labeled it upset. here's what cantor said during his speech. >> in the country, i believe there's opportunity around the next corner for all of us. i look forward to continuing to fight with all of you for the things that we believe in for the conservative cause, because those solutions of ours are the answer to the problems that so many people face today. thank you all very, very much.

>> radical islam threaten it is the security of the united states and our people. >> he was considered an heir apparent for speaker of the house. he can be a write-in candidate. this is pretty huge. when the speaker the house, not the speaker of the house, that's what he hoped to be, this is a big deal. something like this has never happened before. can you put it in its proper perspective for us. >> i think shocking and upset, stunning, you cannot overstated. there are so few surprises in american politics today, this is definitely one of them. here you have the majority leader in the house who was in line to be speaker of the house,

and now, you have so many implications that he has for the first time in american history, we have a majority leader who has lost. this is stunning beyond belief and implications enormous, not just for that district or virginia but the gop and the country as a whole. this is going to bring the house to a standstill in the next election. you stated it perfectly with the introduction. >> we will pick up on implications in just a moment. first, here's a little snippet of maybe why eric cantor and his people should have seen this coming. listen to this. >> when you throw stones... [ crowd boos ] >> my family's here. >> this is eric cantor getting booed in the gop convention last month. should his people have known something was off? >> we heard the chief of commerce because of that april

meeting where he was booed and there were actually more brat supporters in the room than cantor supporters called into the campaign and offered services and were kindly turned away. he had a chairman in his home district who lost the election that he was running for, so there were small signs. they should ever seen it. that said, i think all of us would be lying if we said that looking at it from our perspective we saw this coming. he had out raised him over 20-1. his poll numbers were 34% internal polling, showing him much higher than brat. he had the name recognition, so, you know, if you were to look at usual signs, we would have said he is going to be a shoo in by double digits. we have to see brat not only won, he won by double digits. there were signs looking back at it. i don't think we realize how

much the tea party is energized. >> let's talk about what adjustments the represent party need to make and what adjustments do the democratic party need to make because of what happened here or might anyone make a mistake if they overreact to this? >> i think everybody is going to be reacting, they won't be able to help themselves. like it or not, we have an internal battle in the gop that's been going on since barack obama's first election. it continues and will continue through 2016 if not longer. the establishment and the tea party has been at adds. that is going to continue. they are going to have to work that out. in terms of the mid term election, we are going to see scared members of the house watching their back as they have to now. we're also going to see new movement on immigration, so we will see a dead stand still on immigration and most other policies because now the gop in

the house is going to be focused almost completely on this question of leadership. the implications enormous. the democratic side, they're thrilled, of course. they have absolutely a professor from the same college running against now dave brat. it's interesting, two professors from the same college running against each other. >> while this is making some republican candidates nervous, might any republican candidates being taking comfort from lindsey graham? >> there's other parts of the story as there always are. eric cantor was not watching his home district. he was in d.c. at meetings on tuesday, as opposed to at his home base, in his district. you can't take your eye off the ball. you know, brat is unknown, but he's a very good candidate. there are elements which speak to the district and candidate, so yes, lindsey graham, they can

take some comfort in that. even though they should take comfort, they are going to be watching their back and very scared to make any steps toward compromise and that's what the tea party has said they will do. you mover away from us and as much as you are a player and we have supported you in the past, we will treat you like eric cantor. >> this is fascinating. it will continue to be fascinating. we appreciate you so much. professor of campaign management at new york university. stephanie, back to you now. >> staying on politics for a moment, senator ted cruz has officially given up his canadian citizenship. the texas republican learned about his dual citizenship last year, promising to renounce it and now has. crews told the dallas morning news nothing against canada, but i'm an american by birth and as a u.s. senator, i believe i should be only an american. cruds was born in calgary. his mother is american, his father cuban. many analysts believe cruz is

preparing for a 2016 white house run. >> let's get another look at temperatures across the nation today. meteorologist nicole mitchell is back. >> there were a couple of places you could open the windows overnight. midwest, 50's and 60's. through the deep south, once again, 80's, 90's and there's a southerly flow. part of that will add into that risk for severe weather in the southern plains and midwest, but also really raising the humidity, those black flag conditions where it's so humid, you don't want to do the treen with us activity, because you can't cool yours with the sweating out there. that's in for today and especially in places like texas, you want to watch for that. back to you guys. >> friendly fire in a war zone ending five american soldiers' lives on the battlefield. the precautions put in place to keep an incident like this from happening and why they didn't work. >> one of hollywood's biggest stars and britains top leaders

bringing an end to such violence around the world. we're talking to one member of the global summit about the challenges they face in making that dream a reality. >> i'm scared. i'm scared because like i said, i'm so used to this way of life. >> even the fear for the men and women who have served this country about their fuse, the phone application the military is using to help them exit the service. >> a look now at one of our images of the day, a 1600 pandas made out of paper on display in hong kong. the animals which are part of an exhibit put on by the world wildlife fund aims to get people to participate in protecting endangered animals.

>> for the first time, the federal government is recommending pregnant women eat more fish. they say you still need to avoid

if you're expecting. >> the pentagon was friendly fire that killed five nato voluntarily injuries in afghanistan, all americans. >> we have more on what happened. >> in america's 13 year afghanistan war, six americans have died from friendly fire, with five of those dead coming monday night. that makes this the worst friendly fire incident of the afghan war. one afghan soldier died, the american troops were doing a security sweep ahead of the presidential runoff elections when they were ambushed. they called for air support and one or more bombs were dropped where the americans were hunkered down. this is despite safeguards put in place after pat tillman was killed by friendly fire. they are investigating to see if human error or mechanical error led to this tragedy.

one soldier's mother talked about the last time she talked with her son. >> he told me he was going on a mission, it was going to be ok, mom, i'm with the best men there are. i love you. and that was it. >> we do have reason to suspect that friendly fire was the cause here, specifically friendly fire from the air. >> the pentagon also says the type of security sweep these soldiers were performing will no longer be handled by americans after the end of the year. that's when america withdraws most remaining troops from the region. >> thank you. >> the tall in pakistan is claiming responsibility for an attack on a training facility at that company's airport. this is the second time the international airport has been a target for the taliban. an attack sunday left more than 30 dead. the taliban aren't the only ones who say they carried out

tuesday's attack. >> >> after responsibility was claimed for the attack on the airport, another group has posted a web message saying that they carried out the attack. the pakistani military is looking into these claims. security remains tight at the airport amid concerns by international travelers. a hong kong carrier suspended operations at the airport. an ongoing investigation has throwed a number of arrests in pakistan. >> the former u.s. ambassador to syria wants the u.s. and its ally to say sharply increase arms shipments to moderate opposition fores in syria. robber ford said the move would give the opposition leverage in

potential peace talking about. in an op ed in the new york times, ambassador ford said the free syrian army needs more ammunition. he writes: >> ford it is the u.s. doesn't help the moderate opposition now, american troops may later be forced to step in and fight al-qaeda in syria. the syrian government has started releasing prisoners today, many of whom were held without charge. bashar al assad is granting amnesty for some detained during the on going civil war. he commuted some death sentences and reduced jail terms for many offenses. the move comes less than a week after his reelection for a third seven year term.

>> a detained aljazeera correspondent's trial is set to resume today in egypt. he has been held without charge since august and has been on hunger strike for more than four months now. his lawyer requested his immediate release on medical grounds. three other aljazeera journalists have been held for more than five months. they face charges of aiding a terrorist organization, and stand trial again next week. aljazeera rejects all charges and demands their immediate release. >> egypt's new president is fishing for an end to sexual assault, ordering a police crackdown after a spike in sexual violence, including a string of attacks in cairo last weekend. he's also put forth a new law that for the first time makes sexual harassment a crime in egypt. the move comes on the heels of a global summit being held in london raising awareness of sexual violence as a weapon of war. >> big name celebrities and

government leaders are joining forces to end sexual violence in war. the international summit focuses on how to prosecute crimes and prevent future ones. >> it's an unlikely alliance between a british politician and the hollywood film star. both are passionate about ending sexual violence in conflict. >> we must send a message around the world that there is no disgrace in being a survivor of sexual violence, that the shame is on the aggressor. >> it was a partnership strengthened in bosnia earlier this year. they visited war crime sites and heard how tens of thousands of women who were raped within the war face shame and trauma. only a handful of men face justice. >> a woman was raped by a paramilitary leader in this building. she said bosnia's women have to speak about what happened to them. >> as long as there's silence, they will feel like they're

carrying an atomic bomb in their chest. you live with that trauma, you sleep with it and wake up with it. >> people have come here from all over the world. they'll find plenty of support and solidarity. the real test of this conference is whether it has any impact on future wars where the sexual violence is left prevalent in them than it has been in many recent wars and conflicts. >> there are many stories of courage and dignity here. later in the week, this spirit will be harnessed. >> sexual violence has been seen firsthand where a woman has dedicated her life to human

rights. >> thank you so much for being with us. what have you gotten out of the summit so far? >> thank you so much, it's a pleasure for me to be with aljazeera talking about sexual violence and its impact. as you've just stated, i'm coming from burundhi, a country where we see sexual violence happening not only during the war, during the conflict, but it's still there. it's not going anywhere and that's a real challenge, actually. it's a real challenge. we hope for this summit to get the political talk with the same voice to end violence. what do you think is the biggest reason that sexual violence occurs today in the 21s

21st century? what's the biggest reason? >> so many reasons. the biggest reason for me is the fact that women's rights, has never been an issue in the war or society. sue sexual violence is normal and happening as if it is not a crime. in this century, it's a shame that we see sexual violence happening. we have protocols, u.s. convention, we have many human rights brought call, but none

fought on the ground. we hope it's time to say no and end the violence against women. >> we should say it's mostly woman, but there are also boys and men, as well. are poverty and a lack of education contribute ago factors in why this occurs so often and can you address this issue without addressing those root causes? >> >> lack of even the rest of the society, even the perpetrators to know the seriousness of this matter, and to get educated around it. and to get rehabilitated, to get

support to understand how this crime should not happen to any human being. there is need of education around human rights for everybody and in particular for women. women have been left as they were saying in terms of education, and when sexual violence happens, they can't raise their voice. >> it's time to educate everybody in the community, in school, in communities, so that sexual violence is seen as an abomination, something that can't continue to happen. it is all about women not having access to the economy empowerment. we have seen in countries that women don't have a voice because they don't have power.

it's all about power- >> i certainly appreciate you bringing your voice to the issue, but we'll to have leave it there. >> general motors says there won't be a compensation limit for victims of its faulty ignition switch defect. the c.e.o. made that announcement tuesday ahead of the shareholders meeting. >> our goal is to make sure everyone who was impacted by the ignition switch issue is appropriately compensated as it receipts to those who lost loved ones or had serious physical injury. that's what we're focused on. >> g.m. has been under fire since the release of an investigative report detailing the faulty ignition switches

showing the carmaker knew about the problem for more than a decade and did nothing about it. the defect is blamed for at least 13 deaths. >> instead of waiting in line for the doctors offices, more are turning to retail clinics at neighborhood drug stores. walgreens and c.v.s. are expected to open 100 more locations by the end of next year. these chains are cashing in on a growing health market. >> when it comes to help at the drug store, this is the scene to which most people are accustomed, pharmacies and maybe a place to get a flu shot. for others, they have become much more. >> i'm 60 years old and they say when you're 60, you should look into the possibility of getting a shot for shingles. >> walking into a walgreens, gary decided to forego a visit to his regular doctor, instead going to a retail clinic.

which have tripled in numbers. >> at the doctor's office, you have to wait, make an appointment and maybe wait two or three weeks. here, you come in, same day, you're done. >> these clinics are open day and night. more than 44% of the visits occurred during those weekend or evening hours. convenience is a big part of the business model here. the idea is if you walk into a store like this to pick up some light bulbs, you also might get your cholesterol checked. it's a one stop shop type of deal. >> with more than 8 million people enrolled under obamacare, business is booming. walgreens has 400 retail clinics and plans to open 100 more by the end of the year. walgreens competitor c.v.s. has twice as many and plans to build 1500 in the next four years. >> they absolutely are seeing opportunity. they already have the traffic coming into the store. they have credibility and brand

i.d. >> but the retail clinic trend may also put primary care if i as i says at risk of losing those lucrative easy to treat patients like gary, who opt for the convenience of a walgreens or c.v.s. doctors are cautious about quality and often point to a recent harris interactive poll. >> if you come over here, take a seat. >> while most people like the convenience of clinics, 75% of them have concerns about the quality of care they provide. that means wide spread acceptance may be an uphill battle. >> if the trend toward retail clinic and wal-mart of severe, is that good or bad? is that creating a two tear system? these are tough questions, but you're trying to balance access with cost and quality. >> aljazeera america, bed ford, new jersey. >> c.v.s. launched the first retail clinic in minnesota in

2000. >> mrs. sterling is refusing to allow her husband to disrupt the sale of the clippers. she and her lawyers want to expedite the sail after donald sterling abruptly changed his mind. he originally agreed to the record $2 billion sale to former micro spot c.e.o. mike balmer. >> she said she has the right to sell the team after two neurologies found her husband to be unfit to run the team and mentally incapacitated. >> it is almost game time. the world cup will kick off thursday. the brazilian president is making a final plea, asking citizen to say support the national team even if they don't believe brazil should host the event. the $11 billion the country spent on preparing was defended. she said they did not over spend, that the tournament would leave a lasting legacy of

infrastructure. soccer players around the world competed in brazil in 1950. we report on the return of the big game. >> it was 1950, the last time brazil hosted the world cup and it was a much different country back then. life was more simple, perhaps slower. some things, like football, are timeless, especially in this football-crazed country. 64 years and 15 word cups later, the football world's greatest spectacle returns to the land of the beautiful game. in recent days, brazilians football mad spirit has started to take over, part of the reason fifa chose to host the tournament back in south america. getting ready for this tournament hasn't been easy for the hosts, who have been beset by construction delays at stadiums and big cost overruns. its violent protests that have

hit brazil in the last year that could host the biggest worry and cause the most concern. although the protests have since diminished in size since they exploded last june, they've been replaced by a wave of worker strikes in recent weeks. >> brazilian officials are confident they're about to host the world cup of all world cups and hope once the first ball is kicked, the country will explode not in protest but in excitement. >> brazilian authorities are taking no chances at putting morn 150,000 security personnel on the streets. they're there to insure that the tournament isn't upstaged by anything that happens on the pitch. in sao paulo, police will monitor everything going on in the city. the air force will have drones in the sky monitoring activity at stadiums during the games and even protests that could break out. last week, the final test match was held at the much delayed world cup stadium in sao paulo.

the local team scored their first goal on the new arena. this is a country hope that go all the action will be on the pitch during the coming weeks. aljazeera, sao paulo. >> the 1950 world cup was the first time the u.s. was in the tournament. the u.s. has qualified to be in this tournament, but they have a tough first matchup against ghana. >> extremely tough. >> helping the men and women who put their lives on the line for that you are country chart a future after the military. >> the lengthy process to do so and how the government is using modern technology to ease the transition.

wisconsin's mining standoff on al jazeera america >> back to aljazeera america. just ahead, the new advice the federal government is offering to pregnant women who want to eat fish. >> the first mobile apps have

become a part of every day life for americans. that is not the case always for service members trying to adjust to life after the military. help might be on the way courtesy of an app created to help ease the transition. >> specialist lopez and tech until sergeant go ins studying hard for the transition from military life to civilian life, something they admit is intimidating. >> a little. i'm scared, because i'm used to this way of life and already knowing what's expected of me, what i'm supposed to do. >> it worries me a little bit. i'm a father of two, so it's not just me. >> getting out of the military isn't as simple as saying i quit. the pentagon requires service members to start planning at least a year ahead. it's essential so they can get veterans benefits and it's often a bewildering process with tedious paperwork and a week of classes. >> each of these classrooms has

50 people in them with computers and wireless internet. >> robin baker runs the transition program here, a new approach to a changing military mission, required classes cover financial planning, veterans benefits, education options, job hunting and more. this base will send more than 8,000 soldiers and airmen into civilian life this year. nationwide, 300,000 will leave as the u.s. armed forces shrink. before soldiers here get out, they'll have to go through a 256 step process. >> turning in your equipment, your trying to get housing to sign off on things or trying to get your unit to sign off on paperwork saying you turned things in. >> maybe this can help. a mobile application in testing now to help service members first navigate the complicated exit process and then put veterans resources at their fingertips. >> when you push that button, based on my location, now food,

shelter, cash, hot lines. >> mike runs one of the private companies hope to go modernize the military's mobile presence in a pilot program with the army, he plotted all the steps it takes just to leave the service. he says the information needs to be updated for the modern soldier. >> they text more than they talk. they view things on their mobile platforms, so what systems do we have available for catering to this generation? >> a generation looking for new ways to face the future. >> anything that helps, something that can help you, i'm all for it. >> robin baker said anything like that proposed app would be a welcome tool for veterans to supplement current programs. operation military family hopes to see a user friendly solution rolled out to all army installations by next year. aljazeera, seattle. >> the app is currently in the beta testing stage. it will not require approval

from the pentagon. >> new guidelines from the f.d.a. will have you changing your approach to certain foods if you're thinking of starting a family. the f.d.a. recommends pregnant eat two or three serve ins of fish per week. they have stayed away because of harmful effects of mercury. the f.d.a. says doing so could miss out on important nutrients. >> let's look at wet weather across the u.s. with nicole mitchell. >> a few places are going to stay unsettled, so it's not just today that we're dealing with, it's the eastern third of the country today, tomorrow and into the northeast even more into friday. looking at some of that. we also have a new kind of system into the midwest and with the moist flow from the south, chance for thunderstorms anywhere south of that line. one area on the east coast, still that risk for stronger storms, but widespread scattered

showers, thunderstorms. then that southerly flow, that's also been really heating us up and with that gulf moisture cranking up the humidity for the last few days. the showers associated on the southern tear of all of this now moving into places like florida and also a lot of rain this morning, places like michigan dealing with that. if you're not getting it now, doesn't mean you are out of it. it's going to be a sticky one. >> tomorrow on aljazeera america, more on the fallout of the stunning defeat of house majority leader rick cantor. >> we'll look at the greater impact, talking to members of the his panic community of what the loss could mean for immigration reform. >> that is tomorrow morning. thank you for joining us this morning on aljazeera america. >> ahead in just two minutes, more on the fighting in iraq that has displaced almost a half million people. also the latest on the manhunt of a south korean billionaire for his part in the accident

that killed 300 people.

thi >> hello, and welcome to the news hour. coming up in the next 60 minutes. feeling the violence, 1 million people forced from their homes an an al quaida limpinged group seizes iraq's second city. this is just the latest round of nighting and it won't be last. we will continue to fight against them with the help of the people. >> on a mission to end sexual violence during wars and getting some